I hope you liked this story. I thought this would be fun for me to think it through, but also for you to get to know the process behind the writing for Loyalty.

1: What inspired you to write the fic this way?

I always love Tavington as an evil character, but I thought there must be something behind his actions. I pictured a sad childhood and made a more personal war between him and the ghost.

2: What scene did you first put down?

Chapter 6: long time no see. Since I pictured his sweet reunion with his wife first, it helped me get their relationship in front of everything else. After chapter 6, I started back at chapter 1 and kept going until the end.

3: What's your favorite line of narration?

I would say chapters 36 and 37. After Tavington is wounded at Cowpens and Charlotte takes care of him, we get to know more about his childhood. Right after, he is taking care of Charlotte and it is the base of their family.

4: What's your favorite line of dialogue?

I don't do too much dialogue, but my favorite part is when Charlotte is pregnant and Tavington said it's going to be a boy in chapter 34. After, I made them tease each other on this point in chapter 35, 37 and 39. I thought it was a beautiful insight of their complicity.

5: What part was hardest to write?

Maybe chapter 15, the kidnapping of Charlotte by the militia. It could have been way worse, but I did not feel comfortable writing torture or rape. It is not really my favorite part of the story.

6: What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics?

I have read so many other fanfictions with Tavington and OC. They were all different, but they were not what I had in my head. A lot are rape or coerced sex and it is not my thing.

I am a feminist, and I needed to read about a strong woman. I know back in the days, women had no rights, but I wanted to make her different. I really like Charlotte as a character. She is a strong woman and really loves her man.

If you've read or written stories I might like, don't hesitate to comment the title or inbox.

7: Where did the title come from?

Titles are my petpeeve. Every obstacles made Charlotte doubted her husband. Her biggest challenge is her loyalty to her husband.

8: Did any real people or events inspire any part of it?

Mostly based on the movie The Patriot. I watched this movie soooooo many times and to me, it was important to anchor my fic in the movie, but add another storyline.

Of course, as it is my first story, Charlotte is a bit based on myself (my eyes are blue and my hair is auburn) and I am the easy-going person that get along with everyone. But maybe it was just easier to make her kind of look like me since it was in my head.

9: Were there any alternate versions of this fic?

No, and I cannot change anything once I have written something.

Before I wrote it, I have had a few versions of Tavington's wife in my head. Maybe other he will get more than one story, we'll see.

10: Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story?

I thought they were so different, but complimentary, like the beauty and the beast. The beauty can see the gentleman in the beast, just like Charlotte sees the nice man behind the angry and mean front of Tavington.

11: What do you like best about this fic?

All of it, but mostly the very last chapter; they deserved their happy ending. Their love is so strong and conquered all.

12: What do you like least about this fic?

The extend of my vocabulary is sometimes limited. Since my first language is French, the words I wanted to used are always much more precise in French and the English sentence was not exactly what I wanted to say.

13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn't listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?

I listened to classical music while writing, it helped my concentration.

14: Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic?

Maybe never trust the appearances. I hoped you got to like Tavington once you knew the version of him I had in my head.

15: What did you learn from writing this fic?

I am really grateful for the comments along the way. I started to write for me, and I took me a lot of courage to post it on this website. The comments that you seemed to enjoy my story really kept me going. I am pleased you liked it.

If you have any particular head cannon or glimpses of storyline, don't hesitate to inbox me. If it inspires me, I could write again.